Monthly Archives: October 2018

2018-10-31: News Headlines

Asa Winstanley (2018-10-31). Google Wipes Palestinian Life Off The Map. iranian.com Google's dedication to Israel's occupation can be seen in its maps and its refusal to recognise the reality of Israel's apartheid system for Palestinians Like the other Silicon Valley monopolies, Google habitually takes the side of Israeli occupation and war crimes in Palestine — the very term Palestine is not used by their highly […]

Ali Salam (2018-10-31). Two Detained Sisters, 14 And 15, Released. imemc.org Two sisters, Aseel Bassem Abu Aker and Nisreen Bassem Abu Aker, ages 14 and 15 respectively, were released from detention by Israel on Tuesday, as reported by Maan News. The sisters were detained by Israeli forces, Monday at dawn, from their home at Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem city. Eighteen …

Middle East Monitor (2018-10-31). Denmark To Suspend Funding To BDS Groups. iranian.com Denmark has announced that it will no longer provide any funding to groups that endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in what pro-Israel activists have called a significant step. Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen announced the new policy earlier this month is a document entitled "Explanations about the conditions for Danish support for […]

Asa Winstanley (2018-10-31). How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map. globalresearch.ca Like the other Silicon Valley monopolies, Google habitually takes the side of Israeli occupation and war crimes in Palestine – the very term Palestine is not used by their highly influential maps app. | A new report by a Palestinian

IMEMC News (2018-10-31). Israeli Army Fires A Missile In Central Gaza. imemc.org An Israeli military drone fired, on Wednesday afternoon, a missile at Palestinians near the Great Return Camp, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. Media sources in Gaza said the missiles targeted five young Palestinian men, but did not cause any casualties. The army claimed it targeted Palestinians …

IMEMC News (2018-10-31). Erekat: "Trump And Netanyahu Continue To Act On Destroying Peace" imemc.org The Secretary of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that U.S.

Robert Spencer (2018-10-31). New Brazil President to Close "Palestinian" Embassy: "You Do Not Negotiate with Terrorists" globalresearch.ca A refreshing dose of reality from a country that has supported the "Palestinian" jihad for a considerable period. | "Brazilians elect first ardently pro-Israel president," by Marcus M. Gilban, JTA, October 29, 2018: | RIO DE JANEIRO ( JTA

IMEMC News (2018-10-31). Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a former political prisoner from Fuqua' town, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The soldiers invaded the town, before storming the home of Mohmmad Adnan Masad, and violently searched the property before abducting him. The soldiers interrogated the Palestinian, and members of his …

IMEMC News (2018-10-31). Army Demolishes Two Residential Rooms Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the al-Birin area, in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished two residential rooms. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Hebron, said the surrounded the area before invading it. He added that …

South Front (2018-10-31). Video: Media Reports About Mysterious Israeli Airstrikes Go Wild. globalresearch.ca The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have continued attacks on targets in Syria even after the downing of the Russian Il-20 military plane on September 17, Reuters reported on October 29 citing "a senior Israeli official". | "The IDF have attacked in …

Middle East Eye (2018-10-31). Trump 'Not Welcome in Pittsburgh' Until He Denounces White Nationalism. globalresearch.ca A progressive Jewish group says Donald Trump is not welcome in Pittsburgh, the US city where a deadly attack on a synagogue took place on Saturday, until the US president denounces white nationalism. | The local branch of Bend the Arc, …

Marjorie Cohn (2018-10-31). Trump Administration Ramps Up Threats Against Iran. zcomm.org The alleged torture, murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, widely believed to have been carried out on orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, may put a crimp in Donald Trump's plans to escalate his aggression against Iran. Saudi Arabia, the United States and Israel are unified in their hatred of Iran, albeit with Read more…

IMEMC News (2018-10-31). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians Near Nablus And Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several communities in the northern West Bank governorates of Nablus and Tulkarem, searched dozens of homes and abducted two Palestinians. Media sources in Nablus, said several army jeeps invaded Burqa village, northwest of the city, searched many homes and abducted Saif Qassem Hamdan, …

Randi Nord (2018-10-31). Saudi Arabia Secretly Purchased $250M Spy Package from Israel to Track Foreign Journalists and Activists. mintpressnews.com Jamal Khashoggi's death serves as a dark example of the Kingdom's growing global espionage apparatus and the actions it's willing to take against foreign nationals.

Robert Fantina (2018-10-31). The Hypocrisy of the United States, Cuba Edition. counterpunch.org One can only marvel at the blatant, outrageous hypocrisy of the United States. This is on clear display in many areas: proclaiming support for self-determination while financing the oppression of the Palestinians; citing international law when it suits its needs, but violating international law, such as in the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and stating that 'all men are created equal', as U.S. police officers gun down unarmed people of African descent. Multiple examples abound.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2018-10-31). Bipartisan support essential to preserve Negro Bar, California State Park. indybay.org Rancho Rio De Los Americanos was a 35,521 acre Mexican Land Grant first developed by Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., African Cuban, Danish Jewish Founding Father of California. | On the far northeastern corner of his property vast amounts of gold were reported Spring of 1848 and miners squatting on his land. In 1849, Negro Bar, Sacramento County was established and became an early hub of the initial Gold Mining District. Negro Bar Cemetery is today called the Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery, final resting place for early pioneers from around the world, .

RT (2018-10-31). Trump pays tribute to synagogue victims amid mass protests (PHOTOS, VIDEOS). rt.com President Trump and his family visited Pittsburgh with Israel's US envoy to honor the victims of Saturday's synagogue shooting. They were met with massive protests and even congressional leaders declined to join them on the trip.

J.A.I.C. (2018-10-31). California Jews express heartbreak over recent white supremacist killings in I-80 banner. indybay.org Local Jews hung a banner over Interstate 80 in Berkeley to express their heartbreak over recent racist and anti-Semitic violence against Jewish worshippers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, against Black Americans in the Louisville, Kentucky area, and against Palestinians in Gaza.

Democracy Now! (2018-10-30). "We Stand with You": HIAS Responds to Synagogue Massacre with Message of Hope for Refugees. democracynow.org Shortly before gunman Robert Bowers opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 worshipers, he attacked a Jewish organization with a history of aiding millions of refugees: HIAS. Bowers wrote on a far-right social media site, "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in." We speak with Melanie Nezer, the senior vice president for public affairs for HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. HIAS has provided assistance to refugees for more than 130 years.

Robert Mackey (2018-10-30). After Pittsburgh Massacre, Netanyahu Faces Backlash for Endorsing Trump and Smearing Soros. theintercept.com As he mourned for the 11 American Jews killed on Saturday by a gunman who believed a racist conspiracy theory promoted by the president of the United States, the writer David Simon read on Twitter that a senior member of Israel's far-right government was on his way to Pittsburgh for a memorial service. | "Go home," Simon wrote in a caustic message to Naftali Bennett, an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who serves as Israel's minister for the diaspora. "Netanyahu's interventions in US politics aided in the election of Donald Trump and…

Ari Paul (2018-10-30). Synagogue Shooter Shares His HIAS Obsession With Far-Right Media. fair.org Breitbart headline pulls together Jews, refugees, organizers and the "Obama government" in one "anti-Trump" package. | As the facts of the fatal antisemitic attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue unfold, one of shooter Robert Bowers' motives has come to the forefront: his obsession with his target's association with HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. | Originally founded in the late 1800s to assist Jewish refugees, HIAS today works to resettle refugees of many backgrounds, operating with offices around the globe. Bowers may have acted alone on his fear that the group was helping an "invasion" of…

IMEMC & Agencies (2018-10-30). Electronic Intifada Report: "Israeli embassy used fake Facebook profiles to spy on students" imemc.org Reposted from The Electronic Intifada, By: Asa Winstanley and Ali Abunimah 30 October 2018: An Israeli embassy officer spied on student supporters of Palestinian rights, undercover video released exclusively by The Electronic Intifada shows.

IMEMC News (2018-10-30). Israeli Soldiers Invade Tulkarem, Initiate Searches Of Homes. imemc.org Dozens of Israeli soldiers renewed, on Tuesday at night, the invasion into Shweika area, north of Tulkarem in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and conducted extensive and violent searches of homes. Media sources said the soldiers stormed the area while firing dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel …

Mehdi Hasan (2018-10-30). Is Donald Trump an Anti-Semite? theintercept.com The Pittsburgh massacre was the deadliest attack on Jews in American history. Eleven worshippers were gunned down by a far-right anti-Semite at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. The alleged shooter wasn't a supporter of President Donald Trump, but, like Trump, he was obsessed with immigrants and terrorists coming into the country — and he blamed "globalist" Jews for being behind it all. | Even before the synagogue attack, the Trump presidency had been marked by an explosion in the number of anti-Semitic attacks across the U.S. Despite his condolences and the fact that his daughter and son-in-law are Jewish, the re…

IMEMC News (2018-10-30). PPS: "Four Detainees Continue Open-Ended Hunger Strike" imemc.org In a statement released, Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), said four Palestinian detainees, held by Israel, are ongoing with open-ended hunger strikes, in separate Israeli prisons and detention camps. The PPS said the striking detainees are Saddam Awad, Rezeq Rajoub, Kifah Hattab and Khalil Abu Arram. It stated that …

Democracy Now! (2018-10-30). Headlines for October 30, 2018. democracynow.org Trump to End Birthright Citizenship in Violation of Constitution, Trump Continues Attacks on Caravan, Sends 5,200 Troops to Border, Advocacy Groups Raise Alarm over Sick Kids in Central American Caravan, 220 Immigrant Children in U.S. Still Separated from Families, Pittsburgh Leaders Oppose Trump Visit, WH Denies Trump Rhetoric Responsible for Recent Extremist Violence, Fifteenth "Suspicious Package" Found in Atlanta in Mail Bomb Campaign, Fiancée of Murdered Saudi Journalist Demands Justice, Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill 1, Injure 25 at Separation Barrier Protest, Tunisia: Suicide Bomber Injures Nine, Air Pollution…

Celine Hagbard (2018-10-30). Israeli Military Claims to Open Investigation into Killing of Palestinian Medic. imemc.org The Israeli military announced Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into the Israeli sharpshooters who targeted and killed 21-year old Palestinian medic Razan Ashraf al-Najjar during a massacre of civilians protesting at the Gaza-Israel border in May. This is a re-opening of the initial military probe, which claimed that …

Mahan Abedin (2018-10-30). Why Oman's Embrace Of Israel Is Bad News For The Middle East. iranian.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's surprise visit to Oman last Friday has predictably elicited widespread favourable coverage on the Israeli media. Notwithstanding this fanfare, there is no denying that the visit marks a significant diplomatic victory for Israel as it further erodes the Jewish state's isolation in the Middle East. More importantly, the visit calls into question Oman's […]

Middle East Monitor (2018-10-30). How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map. theantimedia.com (MEMO Op-ed) — Like the other Silicon Valley monopolies, Google habitually takes the side of Israeli occupation and war crimes in Palestine — the very term Palestine is not used by their highly influential maps app. A new report by a Palestinian human rights group last month exposed the depths of Google's dedication to the Israeli occupation. With a known …

Tyler Durden (2018-10-30). Israel Quietly Sold $250m Worth of Advanced Spy Equipment to Saudi Arabia: Report. theantimedia.com (ZHE) — A new bombshell report in the Jerusalem Post confirms that Israel and Saudi Arabia's somewhat "quiet" but growing security relationship is far more extensive than previously thought, as it now includes a $250 million weapons deal. This is unprecedented as the two nations still don't even have official diplomatic relations, as the kingdom has yet to officially recognize …

Andrew Levine (2018-10-29). After The Khashoggi Murder, It is Up To Israel To Repair The Crack In The Axis of Evil. iranian.com On the domestic scene, there is Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell and many others of a similar caliber, but among world leaders could there by anyone more loathsome than Donald Trump? Because he has so many serious competitors, each of whom is loathsome in different ways, the question is impossible to answer. But Trump is […]

Miko Peled (2018-10-29). What It Means to be Israeli: Reflections on Identity From an Israeli Peace Activist. mintpressnews.com Israeli peace activist Miko Peled reflects on what it means to be Israeli and the country's often tenuous relationship with faith, land and history.

Democracy Now! (2018-10-29). Headlines for October 29, 2018. democracynow.org Anti-Semitic Shooter Kills 11 Jewish Worshipers in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Gunman Held Anti-Semitic, Racist and Xenophobic Views, Jewish Leaders to Trump: "Massacre Is Not the First Act of Terror You Incited", Trump, Conservatives Continue Attacks on George Soros, Kentucky: Shooter Kills Two Black People at Supermarket After Targeting Black Church, Trump-Supporting Suspect of Mail Bomb Campaign to Appear in Court, Brazil Elects Far-Right Candidate Jair Bolsonaro President, Indonesia: 189 Feared Dead After Lion Air Passenger Jet Crashes, Saudis Reject Turkish Demand to Extradite Khashoggi Murder Suspects, Israel Bo…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-29). Rabbi: Trump & GOP Have Blood on Their Hands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting & Hateful Violence. democracynow.org Cecil Rosenthal, David Rosenthal, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Daniel Stein, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Bernice Simon and Sylvan Simon. Those are the names of the 11 worshipers who were gunned down Saturday in Pittsburgh, when a 46-year-old white man named Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue and opened fire, yelling "All Jews must die." It is believed to be the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. We speak with Ari Lev Fornari, a rabbi at Kol Tzedek Synagogue in West Philadelphia who has worked with HIAS, a Jewish agency that aids refugees that the gunma…

Mark Gruenberg (2018-10-29). Union leaders fault top political leaders for role in synagogue massacre. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Two union leaders, D. Taylor of Unite Here and Mary Kay Henry of the Service Employees, plus the Jewish Labor Committee, faulted top U.S. political leaders, implicitly or explicitly, for fomenting the environment that led to the anti-Semitic synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh and other recent acts of hate. Other union leaders, including Teachers President Randi …

Max Blumenthal (2018-10-28). Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric. grayzoneproject.com As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed…

pip.hinman (2018-10-26). Palestinian champions 'drift' racing for women. greenleft.org.au Noor Daoud was the only woman to take to the track in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the Palestinian car racer impressed the crowds with her "drift" driving skills. | On Palestine's streets, Daoud mastered the art of drift — deliberately oversteering to make the rear wheels skid —and travelled to Sharm el-Sheikh for a regional competition. | "Since I was little I've become used to meeting up with the guys to play football or tennis," said the 27-year-old on the sidelines of the competition. | Racing

Ricardo Vaz (2018-10-11). Venezuela Takes Center Stage in Brazilian Far Right Presidential Campaign. venezuelanalysis.com Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel.

Max Blumenthal (2018-09-05). Censored Documentary Exposes the Israeli Government's Attack on Black Lives Matter. grayzoneproject.com Exclusive footage from the censored Al Jazeera documentary, "The Lobby — USA," shows Israeli government officials taking credit for attacks…

Max Blumenthal (2018-08-29). Leaked Scenes from Censored Documentary Reveal Israel Lobbyist Noah Pollak Astroturfing an Anti-Palestinian Protest. grayzoneproject.com Exclusive leaked scenes from Al Jazeera's "The Lobby — USA" documentary show how Emergency Committee for Israel Executive Director Noah…

2018-10-31: Social Media Postees

The Hypocrisy of the United States, Cuba Edition
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-31
One can only marvel at the blatant, outrageous hypocrisy of the United States. This is on clear display in many areas: proclaiming support for self-determination while financing the oppression of the Palestinians; citing international law when it suits its needs, but violating international law, such as in the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and stating that 'all men are created equal', as U.S. police officers gun down unarmed people of African descent. Multiple examples abound.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/31/the-hypocrisy-of-the-united-states-cuba-edition/

Israeli Army Fires A Missile In Central Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-31
An Israeli military drone fired, on Wednesday afternoon, a missile at Palestinians near the Great Return Camp, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. Media sources in Gaza said the missiles targeted five young Palestinian men, but did not cause any casualties. The army claimed it targeted Palestinians …

Israeli Army Fires Missile into Central Gaza

Trump Administration Ramps Up Threats Against Iran
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2018-10-31
The alleged torture, murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, widely believed to have been carried out on orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, may put a crimp in Donald Trump's plans to escalate his aggression against Iran. Saudi Arabia, the United States and Israel are unified in their hatred of Iran, albeit with Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-administration-ramps-up-threats-against-iran/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians Near Nablus And Tulkarem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-31
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several communities in the northern West Bank governorates of Nablus and Tulkarem, searched dozens of homes and abducted two Palestinians. Media sources in Nablus, said several army jeeps invaded Burqa village, northwest of the city, searched many homes and abducted Saif Qassem Hamdan, …

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians near Nablus and Tulkarem

Saudi Arabia Secretly Purchased $250M Spy Package from Israel to Track Foreign Journalists and Activists
Randi Nord | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-31
Jamal Khashoggi's death serves as a dark example of the Kingdom's growing global espionage apparatus and the actions it's willing to take against foreign nationals. | The post Saudi Arabia Secretly Purchased $250M Spy Package from Israel to Track Foreign Journalists and Activists appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-secretly-purchased-250m-spy-package-from-israel-to-track-foreign-journalists-and-activists/251266/

Trump 'Not Welcome in Pittsburgh' Until He Denounces White Nationalism
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-31
A progressive Jewish group says Donald Trump is not welcome in Pittsburgh, the US city where a deadly attack on a synagogue took place on Saturday, until the US president denounces white nationalism. | The local branch of Bend the Arc, … | The post Trump 'Not Welcome in Pittsburgh' Until He Denounces White Nationalism appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-not-welcome-in-pittsburgh-until-he-denounces-white-nationalism/5658524

Denmark To Suspend Funding To BDS Groups
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-10-31
Denmark has announced that it will no longer provide any funding to groups that endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in what pro-Israel activists have called a significant step. Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen announced the new policy earlier this month is a document entitled "Explanations about the conditions for Danish support for […] | The post Denmark To Suspend Funding To BDS Groups appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/30/denmark-suspend-bds-funding/

Army Demolishes Two Residential Rooms Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-31
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the al-Birin area, in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished two residential rooms. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Hebron, said the surrounded the area before invading it. He added that …

Army Demolishes Two Residential Rooms near Hebron

Video: Media Reports About Mysterious Israeli Airstrikes Go Wild
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-31
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have continued attacks on targets in Syria even after the downing of the Russian Il-20 military plane on September 17, Reuters reported on October 29 citing "a senior Israeli official". | "The IDF have attacked in | … | The post Video: Media Reports About Mysterious Israeli Airstrikes Go Wild appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-media-reports-about-mysterious-israeli-airstrikes-go-wild/5658526

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-31
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a former political prisoner from Fuqua' town, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The soldiers invaded the town, before storming the home of Mohmmad Adnan Masad, and violently searched the property before abducting him. The soldiers interrogated the Palestinian, and members of his …

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian near Jenin

Google Wipes Palestinian Life Off The Map
Asa Winstanley | iranian.com | 2018-10-31
Google's dedication to Israel's occupation can be seen in its maps and its refusal to recognise the reality of Israel's apartheid system for Palestinians Like the other Silicon Valley monopolies, Google habitually takes the side of Israeli occupation and war crimes in Palestine — the very term Palestine is not used by their highly […] | The post Google Wipes Palestinian Life Off The Map appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/30/google-wipes-palestinian-life-off-the-map/

Two Detained Sisters, 14 And 15, Released
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-10-31
Two sisters, Aseel Bassem Abu Aker and Nisreen Bassem Abu Aker, ages 14 and 15 respectively, were released from detention by Israel on Tuesday, as reported by Maan News. The sisters were detained by Israeli forces, Monday at dawn, from their home at Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem city. Eighteen …

Two Detained Sisters, 14 And 15, Released

New Brazil President to Close "Palestinian" Embassy: "You Do Not Negotiate with Terrorists"
Robert Spencer | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-31
A refreshing dose of reality from a country that has supported the "Palestinian" jihad for a considerable period. | "Brazilians elect first ardently pro-Israel president," by Marcus M. Gilban, JTA, October 29, 2018: | RIO DE JANEIRO ( JTA | … | The post New Brazil President to Close "Palestinia…
globalresearch.ca/new-brazil-president-to-close-palestinian-embassy-you-do-not-negotiate-with-terrorists/5658559

Erekat: "Trump And Netanyahu Continue To Act On Destroying Peace"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-31
The Secretary of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that U.S.

Erekat: “Trump And Netanyahu Continue To Act On Destroying Peace”

California Jews express heartbreak over recent white supremacist killings in I-80 banner
J.A.I.C. | indybay.org | 2018-10-31
Local Jews hung a banner over Interstate 80 in Berkeley to express their heartbreak over recent racist and anti-Semitic violence against Jewish worshippers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, against Black Americans in the Louisville, Kentucky area, and against Palestinians in Gaza.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/29/18818557.php

Bipartisan support essential to preserve Negro Bar, California State Park
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2018-10-31
Rancho Rio De Los Americanos was a 35,521 acre Mexican Land Grant first developed by Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., African Cuban, Danish Jewish Founding Father of California. | On the far northeastern corner of his property vast amounts of gold were reported Spring of 1848 and miners squatting on his land. In 1849, Negro Bar, Sacramento County was established and became an early hub of the initial Gold Mining District. Negro Bar Cemetery is today called the Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery, final resting place for early pioneers from around the world, .
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/30/18818567.php

Trump pays tribute to synagogue victims amid mass protests (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-31
President Trump and his family visited Pittsburgh with Israel's US envoy to honor the victims of Saturday's synagogue shooting. They were met with massive protests and even congressional leaders declined to join them on the trip. | …
rt.com/usa/442699-trump-visit-pittsburgh-protests/

Electronic Intifada Report: "Israeli embassy used fake Facebook profiles to spy on students"
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2018-10-30
Reposted from The Electronic Intifada, By: Asa Winstanley and Ali Abunimah 30 October 2018: An Israeli embassy officer spied on student supporters of Palestinian rights, undercover video released exclusively by The Electronic Intifada shows.

Electronic Intifada Report: "Israeli Embassy Used Fake Facebook Profiles to Spy on Students"

Israeli Soldiers Invade Tulkarem, Initiate Searches Of Homes
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-30
Dozens of Israeli soldiers renewed, on Tuesday at night, the invasion into Shweika area, north of Tulkarem in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and conducted extensive and violent searches of homes. Media sources said the soldiers stormed the area while firing dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel …

Israeli Soldiers Invade Tulkarem, Initiate Searches of Homes

Synagogue Shooter Shares His HIAS Obsession With Far-Right Media
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2018-10-30
Breitbart headline pulls together Jews, refugees, organizers and the "Obama government" in one "anti-Trump" package. | As the facts of the fatal antisemitic attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue unfold, one of shooter Robert Bowers' motives has come to the forefront: his obsession with his target's association with HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. | Originally founded in the late 1800s to assist Jewish refugees, HIAS today works to resettle refugees of many backgrounds, operating with offices around the globe. Bowers may have acted alone on his fear that the group was helping an "invasion" of…
fair.org/home/synagogue-shooter-shares-his-hias-obsession-with-far-right-media/

After Pittsburgh Massacre, Netanyahu Faces Backlash for Endorsing Trump and Smearing Soros
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2018-10-30
As he mourned for the 11 American Jews killed on Saturday by a gunman who believed a racist conspiracy theory promoted by the president of the United States, the writer David Simon read on Twitter that a senior member of Israel's far-right government was on his way to Pittsburgh for a memorial service. | "Go home," Simon wrote in a caustic message to Naftali Bennett, an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who serves as Israel's minister for the diaspora. "Netanyahu's interventions in US politics aided in the election of Donald Trump and…
theintercept.com/2018/10/30/pittsburgh-netanyahu-faces-backlash-endorsing-trump-smearing-soros/

Israeli Military Claims to Open Investigation into Killing of Palestinian Medic
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2018-10-30
The Israeli military announced Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into the Israeli sharpshooters who targeted and killed 21-year old Palestinian medic Razan Ashraf al-Najjar during a massacre of civilians protesting at the Gaza-Israel border in May. This is a re-opening of the initial military probe, which claimed that …

Israeli Military Claims to Open Investigation into Killing of Palestinian Medic

"We Stand with You": HIAS Responds to Synagogue Massacre with Message of Hope for Refugees
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-30
Shortly before gunman Robert Bowers opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 worshipers, he attacked a Jewish organization with a history of aiding millions of refugees: HIAS. Bowers wrote on a far-right social media site, "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in." We speak with Melanie Nezer, the senior vice president for public affairs for HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. HIAS has provided assistance to refugees for more than 130 years.
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/30/we_stand_with_you_hias_responds

Is Donald Trump an Anti-Semite?
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2018-10-30
The Pittsburgh massacre was the deadliest attack on Jews in American history. Eleven worshippers were gunned down by a far-right anti-Semite at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. The alleged shooter wasn't a supporter of President Donald Trump, but, like Trump, he was obsessed with immigrants and terrorists coming into the country — and he blamed "globalist" Jews for being behind it all. | Even before the synagogue attack, the Trump presidency had been marked by an explosion in the number of anti-Semitic attacks across the U.S. Despite his condolences and the fact that his daughter and son-in-law are Jewish, the re…
theintercept.com/2018/10/30/donald-trump-anti-semitism-synagogue-shooting/

PPS: "Four Detainees Continue Open-Ended Hunger Strike"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-30
In a statement released, Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), said four Palestinian detainees, held by Israel, are ongoing with open-ended hunger strikes, in separate Israeli prisons and detention camps. The PPS said the striking detainees are Saddam Awad, Rezeq Rajoub, Kifah Hattab and Khalil Abu Arram. It stated that …

PPS: “Four Detainees Continue Open-Ended Hunger Strike”

How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-10-30
(MEMO Op-ed) — Like the other Silicon Valley monopolies, Google habitually takes the side of Israeli occupation and war crimes in Palestine — the very term Palestine is not used by their highly influential maps app. A new report by a Palestinian human rights group last month exposed the depths of Google's dedication to the Israeli occupation. With a known …

How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map

Israel Quietly Sold $250m Worth of Advanced Spy Equipment to Saudi Arabia: Report
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2018-10-30
(ZHE) — A new bombshell report in the Jerusalem Post confirms that Israel and Saudi Arabia's somewhat "quiet" but growing security relationship is far more extensive than previously thought, as it now includes a $250 million weapons deal. This is unprecedented as the two nations still don't even have official diplomatic relations, as the kingdom has yet to officially recognize …
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After The Khashoggi Murder, It is Up To Israel To Repair The Crack In The Axis of Evil
Andrew Levine | iranian.com | 2018-10-29
On the domestic scene, there is Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell and many others of a similar caliber, but among world leaders could there by anyone more loathsome than Donald Trump? Because he has so many serious competitors, each of whom is loathsome in different ways, the question is impossible to answer. But Trump is […] | The post After The Khashoggi Murder, It is Up To Israel To Repair The Crack In The Axis of Evil appeared first on The Iranian…
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What It Means to be Israeli: Reflections on Identity From an Israeli Peace Activist
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-29
Israeli peace activist Miko Peled reflects on what it means to be Israeli and the country's often tenuous relationship with faith, land and history. | The post What It Means to be Israeli: Reflections on Identity From an Israeli Peace Activist appeared first on MintPress News.
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Rabbi: Trump & GOP Have Blood on Their Hands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting & Hateful Violence
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-29
Cecil Rosenthal, David Rosenthal, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Daniel Stein, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Bernice Simon and Sylvan Simon. Those are the names of the 11 worshipers who were gunned down Saturday in Pittsburgh, when a 46-year-old white man named Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue and opened fire, yelling "All Jews must die." It is believed to be the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. We speak with Ari Lev Fornari, a rabbi at Kol Tzedek Synagogue in West Philadelphia who has worked with HIAS, a Jewish agency that aids refugees that the gunma…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/29/rabbi_trump_gop_have_blood_on

Union leaders fault top political leaders for role in synagogue massacre
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-10-29
WASHINGTON–Two union leaders, D. Taylor of Unite Here and Mary Kay Henry of the Service Employees, plus the Jewish Labor Committee, faulted top U.S. political leaders, implicitly or explicitly, for fomenting the environment that led to the anti-Semitic synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh and other recent acts of hate. Other union leaders, including Teachers President Randi …
peoplesworld.org/article/union-leaders-fault-top-political-leaders-for-role-in-synagogue-massacre/

Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-28
As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed… | The post Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric appeared first on Grayzone Project.
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Palestinian champions 'drift' racing for women
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-10-26
Noor Daoud was the only woman to take to the track in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the Palestinian car racer impressed the crowds with her "drift" driving skills. | On Palestine's streets, Daoud mastered the art of drift — deliberately oversteering to make the rear wheels skid –and travelled to Sharm el-Sheikh for a regional competition. | "Since I was little I've become used to meeting up with the guys to play football or tennis," said the 27-year-old on the sidelines of the competition. | Racing now dominates her lif…
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Imposing 'Balance' Requires Distortion of Palestine/Israel Struggle
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2018-10-23
Since the Palestinians' Great Return March began on March 30, Israel has killed 217 Palestinians in Gaza, 163 of whom were participating in the demonstrations. Among the dead are 33 children, three paramedics and four people with disabilities; Israel has injured a further 11,155 Palestinians, many of whom will be maimed for l…
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Venezuela Takes Center Stage in Brazilian Far Right Presidential Campaign
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-11
Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel.
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